I choose the photos for our Day in Pictures gallery five days a week. Scanning the photo wire the past few years I’ve come across countless images from Iraq, most of them depicting some form of despair. Certain images — burned-out cars used in suicide bombings and the contorted faces of grieving relatives, in particular — have become so common that they no longer make much of an impression. I suppose that’s why the photo below of this man celebrating the Iraqi national team’s surprise victory in the Asian Cup soccer tournament provided a mild shock this morning. …